Proposal to establish a halal export assurance framework for the New Zealand dairy industry

UPDATE – 17 APRIL 2018

Consultation closed on 14 March 2018. MPI received 24 submissions from both the dairy industry and private citizens. MPI has analysed all submissions and summarised these into common themes. The themes and MPI's responses are in the summary of submissions document.

Consultation documents

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